Wayne Rooney exhausts himself trying to solve every Manchester United issue

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Like a man with a blanket too small to cover his head and toes, David Moyes
needed Wayne Rooney to lead his attack yesterday, and his midfield. Oh, and,
if he could, cover the defence as well in the last, desperate half-hour.

Trying to play the Cantona, Scholes and Keane roles — sometimes all at the
same time — always was going to stretch United’s star player to breaking
point, and the England striker seemed dangerously close to snapping after
the final whistle when he berated Howard Webb, the referee.

Rooney had already been booked for almost rugby tackling Mousa Dembélé a

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Rooney was booked for almost rugby tackling Mousa Dembélé, a foul of pure frustration and fatigue

2014-01-02 00:01:00.0 PA

Rooney was booked for almost rugby tackling Mousa Dembélé, a foul of pure frustration and fatigue